DWP Must Be Vacated for Free

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On January 17, 2017, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, issued an opinion in a case centering around the Clerk of Courts Act, found at 705 ILCS 105/27.2a(g)(2), which authorizes clerks in counties with a population of 3,000,000 or more to impose a fee for filing a petition to vacate or modify “any final judgment or order of court.”

Michael Cortina discusses this case in his latest article for the McHenry Bar Association's In Brief newsletter. Visit the McHenry Bar Association's website here to read the full article, starting on page 8.